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Sector · Show HN · data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

89+1 (+1.1%)

launches · 7D Oct 24–Oct 30 vs Oct 17–Oct 23 (88)

8.0%—

hit rate · Oct 22–Oct 28 settled (7/88) vs Oct 15–Oct 21 (10/83)

— Not significant at current sample size: −4.1pp, 83 → 88 settled launches (needs 100+ in each window).

+0.5

trending score

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
01020Oct 17: 6 launchesOct 18: 12 launchesOct 19: 8 launchesOct 20: 19 launchesOct 21: 12 launchesOct 22: 18 launchesOct 23: 13 launchesOct 24: 9 launchesOct 25: 15 launchesOct 26: 7 launchesOct 27: 14 launchesOct 28: 12 launchesOct 29: 15 launchesOct 30: 17 launchesOct 31: 2 launches (incomplete day)Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21Oct 23Oct 25Oct 27Oct 29Oct 31
Demand · hit rate per day (share of settled launches with 10+ votes)
0%25%50%Oct 17: 0 of 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 18: 3 of 12 settled launches hit 10+ votes (25.0%)Oct 19: 0 of 8 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 20: 3 of 19 settled launches hit 10+ votes (15.8%)Oct 21: 2 of 12 settled launches hit 10+ votes (16.7%)Oct 22: 2 of 18 settled launches hit 10+ votes (11.1%)Oct 23: 1 of 13 settled launches hit 10+ votes (7.7%)Oct 24: 3 of 9 settled launches hit 10+ votes (33.3%)Oct 25: 1 of 15 settled launches hit 10+ votes (6.7%)Oct 26: 0 of 7 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 27: 0 of 14 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 28: 0 of 12 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 29: launches not settled yetOct 30: launches not settled yetOct 31: incomplete dayOct 17Oct 19Oct 21Oct 23Oct 25Oct 27Oct 29Oct 31

3 days left blank: votes still coming in (launches under 48h old), incomplete day, or no launches — not shown as zero.

Faded bars are incomplete days (today, or days before every selected source was being collected).

Key statistics

Launches
17Oct 30
Avg daily launches
12.427d
7D range
7 – 17Oct 24–Oct 30
Hit rate
8.0%7/88 · Oct 22–Oct 28
Volatility
51%26 daily chg
Share of market
9.0%7D
Top source
Show HN100%
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88Oct 17–Oct 23

Stocks in this sector (MISC)

Most buzz (comments gained) over the latest interval (Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC, 23.3h). 5 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

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4Optimized CUDA forced alignment kernels. 10x

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Traction = current votes (PH) / points (HN) — early-adopter attention, not downloads or usage. Gained = traction gained between the two latest daily ingest runs; Gain % only when the previous traction was 5+. Buzz = comments gained in that interval. “frozen” = no longer tracked, so no current gain. How it works